Manufacturing Consulting Managers - Delivering Deal Value

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As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above

Be involved in the financial management of clients

Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen

Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges

Assist in the management and delivering of large projects

Train, coach, and supervise staff

Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues

Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

About the team

Our Delivering Deal Value (DDV) team works with top-tier global Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients on M&A transactions ranging from a value of £50m to over £5billion. We help our clients analyse the operational aspects of the deal to highlight opportunities and risks. The rapid identification and quantification of these operational improvements creates significant value and can lead to adjustments in sale price and potential post-deal performance improvement opportunities.

Whilst London based, our deal activity is global in nature and candidates must be prepared to travel widely and frequently as and when required.

About the role

DDV focuses on providing support for transactions and assists clients in all operational aspects of the transaction, pre and post completion, including

We rapidly develop an understanding of the target/client business in order to quickly assimilate the key operational issues, synergies, risks and upsides around a transaction. We communicate our findings in real time to our clients but also produce clear, written reports articulating our findings for the buyer or vendor. We also regularly help our clients with the post deal implementation including taking control of the acquired asset, driving synergy delivery and implementing cost reduction opportunities.

Verbal and written communications skills, in particular a comfort around report writing

A comfort around financial analysis and the ability to think strategically about a business and to think about the operations “beyond the numbers”

Comfort around using Excel to conduct financial analysis

An ability to ‘read’ a business/process and understand the key financial value drivers

Experience of developing internal / external networks with an ability to quickly develop effective working relationships

Ability to manage ‘change’ projects

A demonstrated ability to operate on your own initiative

An understanding or interest in M&A and its implications for businesses and operating models

Who we’re looking for

Relevant graduate scheme

Degree, MBA or other Manufacturing/ Engineering qualification

Exposure to M&A

Commercial exposure in negotiation and consultation

Good Communication skills (oral and written)

Experience in a multi-site environment.

Consulting

In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients’ business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries – everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

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